PERSONAL/HOUSEHOLD WATER RESOURCE USE ASSESSMENT #5

INVENTORY # 1:  WATER USED TO TAKE A SHOWER or BATH

Show method used to find the volume of the pail.

VOLUME OF PAIL: __________________

                          		SHOWER               BATH
              
TIME TO FILL PAIL:  	    ___________            ___________

TIME:                   	    ___________           ___________

PAILS OF WATER       ___________           ____________

GALLONS OF WATER:   ___________           ____________

NUMBER OF SHOWERS/BATHS PER DAY:  _________________

VOLUME OF WATER USED PER DAY:       ________________

VOLUME OF WATER USED PER YEAR:     _________________

INVENTORY # 2:  WATER USED TO FLUSH A TOILET

LENGTH:  ________   WIDTH:  ______   HEIGHT:  __________

VOLUME OF TANK:  ______________ in cubic inches.

VOLUME OF TANK IN GALLONS:  _______________

VOLUME OF WATER PER FLUSH:  _______________

 NUMBER OF DAILY TOILET FLUSHES:  ______________

VOLUME OF WATER USED PER DAY:   ______________

VOLUME OF WATER USED PER YEAR:  ______________

INVENTORY # 3:  TOTAL HOUSEHOLD WATER USE

VOLUME IN GALLONS FOR A YEAR:  _______________

VOLUME IN GALLONS FOR A DAY: _________________

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HOUSE:     _________________

VOLUME OF WATER PER PERSON PER YEAR:  ____________
QUES. 1:   Calculate the per capita water withdrawn per year (assume a population of 250 million).  One trillion = 1012

QUES. 2:  Calculate the daily water withdrawn per person.

QUES. 3:  To find a more realistic number of gallons per day per person, calculate 10% of the above answer which represents the public water withdrawn.

QUES. 4:  a. Use the public percentage to calculate the gallons of water consumed by the public.
	b.  Then find the gallons of water consumed by the public per day.
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